British Clash With Rioters in Ireland
Belfast clashes erupted as British troops confronted rioters protesting internment of IRA suspects. Bombs exploded near Omagh and Lisburn, injuring a constable. battles continued through the night with soldiers and gunmen near Belfast. An Ulster policeman was kidnapped, then released after six hours across the border into the Republic.
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14 Americans Killed in War in Past Week
SAIGON AP reports U.S. Command says 14 American servicemen were killed in action in Vietnam last week, ninth straight week under 20. Wounded total 49, lowest in six years. 12 Americans died last week from nonhostile causes. South Vietnamese headquarters cite 264 Vietcong deaths and 506 wounded. allied forces report 1,070 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed, down from two weeks earlier.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
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Delta
Nguyen Vinh Nghi
J. Ross Franklin
Denver
Colo
Lowell White
Fayetteville
N.C
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21St Division
Tu Do
Hue
Arkansas Weather: Scattered storms and cooler end of week
Weather station reports 24 hours ending 7 am Thursday with a high of 91 and a low of 61. Forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms in the northwest and occasional rain and a few thunderstorms in the south and east today and tonight, with Friday partly cloudy west and showers east, becoming partly cloudy by noon. Cooler through Friday. Highs today in the upper 60s to mid 70s northwest and mid 70s to low 80s southeast. Tonight lows 50s northwest to 60s southeast. Friday highs in the upper 60s to 70s.
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Officials report small fish kill on White River in Arkansas
In St Charles Arkansas officials from the state Game and Fish Commission describe a recent White River fish kill as a routine small kill to check the river population. Mayor Malcom Brownie accuses the commission of mismanaging the event.
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Thor
Witness Testimony Details Henderson Orders Probe at My Lai
Lt Col Frederic Watke testified in Col Oran Hendersons court martial that two days after the My Lai massacre he was told to report findings of civilian deaths. The meeting in Barker’s van included Generals Young and Barker and related officers. The court heard Henderson was ordered to write a report on the March 16 1968 events.
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Associated Press
FT. Meade, Md
Oran K. Henderson
Americal Division
My Lai
Frederic W. Watke
Henderson
Watke
Atlanta
Ernest Medina
John Holladay
Frank A. Barker
George H. Young
Barker
Young
Holladay
Charles C. Calhoun
Col. Henderson
Maj
Carroll J. Tichenor
Col
United States weighs seating of Communist China at UN
Debate over China at the United Nations heats up as the United States signals support for seating Beijing while expelling Taiwan remains a separate question. A second resolution may define the two thirds vote rule for expulsion but not seating. Diplomatic moves hinge on broad sponsorship and timing around the General Assembly.
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William P. Rogers
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Escapee Pair Sought Across Indiana After Bank Robbery
Indiana police and the FBI hunted two federal prisoners identified as William Coulter of Texas and David Murtaugh of Detroit after they escaped Pulaski County Jail in Arkansas. Believed to have robbed a Indianapolis bank of 2400 dollars, they fled in a stolen car abandoned in a wooded area. The search stretched into northeast Indiana with authorities noting other escapees were captured in Georgia.
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Little Rock
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William E. Coulter
Texas
David Murtaugh
Detroit
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Murtaugh
State Farm Rebates Benefit Arkansas Drivers In Hope Area
Hope residents join 120,000 Arkansas motorists in receiving a $400000 auto insurance windfall as State Farm issues dividends. Dick Schrader announces policyholder credits via next premium notices with checks offered to nonrenewing customers. Sanders cites safer roads and careful management as factors behind the mutual company’s dividend strategy.
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Arkansas
Dick Schrader
State Farm
William D. Sanders
Monroe
Sanders
Little Rock
Obituaries for Smokey Preacher and Morris Kaplan
Altoona obituary notes country entertainer Charles M. Smokey Preacher died after an extended illness at age 50 with ties to the Grand Ole Opry. New Rochelle obituary reports Morris Kaplan aged 60, longtime Consumers Union technical director, died of a heart attack after 25 years with the organization behind Consumer Reports.
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Charles M
Grand Ole Opry
New Rochelle
N.Y
Morris Kaplan
Consumers Union
Consumer Reports
Mariner 9 Nears Mars With Weather Data Drive
Pasadena AP reports Mariner 9 speeding toward Mars to study daily and seasonal weather patterns. NASA says the craft will collect fifteen times more terrain, climate, and atmospheric data than the 1969 flybys, arriving Nov 13 and orbiting at least three months with a 5000 pictures daily camera. Robert H. Steinbacher leads the project. The two earlier missions produced 227 Mars pictures.
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Calif
Mariner 9
Mars
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mariner
NASA
Robert H. Steinbacher
Revival Services at First Baptist Church underway
Revival services in progress at First Baptist Church led by Evangelist Rev. Mike Gilchrist of Lake Charles Louisiana. The Youth Evangelist draws interest among young people with daily services at 12 20 pm and 7 30 pm Sunday hours 10 45 am and 7 pm luncheon served 11 50 to 12 15 daily public invited to attend
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First Baptist Church
Mike Gilchrist
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Rainy Arkansas Forecast With Edith Nearby
The Associated Press reports a chance of rain across Arkansas with showers and thunderstorms likely in the southeast today and tonight, easing Friday. A cool air mass and Hurricane Edith off the Louisiana coast shape the pattern, with highs in the 70s and 80s and overnight lows mostly 40s to 60s. City temperatures include Fayetteville 56, Harrison 56, Pine Bluff 70, Jonesboro 67, El Dorado 69, Memphis 71, Little Rock 68, and Fort Smith 65.
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Arkansas
Edith
Louisiana
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West Central
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Harrison
Pine Bluff
Jonesboro
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Brokers Use Money of Customers
AP analysis details how some brokerage firms use customer funds to finance trading without paying interest, arguing hardship if blocked. It notes vulnerable bookkeeping, millions in lost and stolen assets, and industry consolidation, with about $2 billion in free balances held by customers.
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John Cunniff
New York
Methodists Plan Potluck Supper at First United Church
The Membership and Evangelism Committee sponsors a Family Pot Luck Supper in Fellowship Hall on Wednesday September 22 at 7 00 P M. The church furnishes ham bread and drinks and each family should bring a salad vegetable or dessert dish The Pat Bates Singers will entertain after the meal.
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First United Methodist Church
Fellowship
Pat Bates
Bernard Says GOPs to Have a Candidate
Bernard of Earle, Arkansas GOP chairman, clarifies that the party will present strong, well qualified candidates to offer positive alternatives to voters. He says no Democrat is unbeatable if a viable two party system exists and his comments stirred GOP criticism including from former Gov. Rockefeller.
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Charles T. Bernard
Earle
Republican Party
GOP
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Bumpers
Bernard
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
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